When She Was Bad

by Gabrielle Brant Freeman

Lust. Love. Betrayal and loyalty. Temptation and hilarity. Gabrielle Freeman dissects her speakers’ hearts, tenderly, with supreme attention to what it is to be human, female, and fierce. Gabrielle Freeman’s poems are bad—by which I mean badass bold. Michael Jackson bad. Freeman’s bad and you know it. That’s why you read her. When She Was Bad is a smart, compassionate, tightly crafted and explosive debut. — Denise Duhamel

Genres: Poetry

76 pages, Paperback

Published October 4, 2016

Reviews

[Rhonda Browning]

Full of sass, sensuality, and smarts, Gabrielle Brant Freeman's When She Was Bad proves that bad can be oh, so good! A collection of poems that will have you yearning for masks, locking your doors, holding your breath, applauding. Read it, then read it again, then stay up too late and read it again. You know you want to, because you’re bad, too.

[Brit]

Brant Freeman tells a wicked tale. She layers wry conversation, sly wit, and delectable scene like frothy tiers of the sweetest cake with a razor blade embedded at it's center. Her language, rich and biting, bares harsh truths and delicate vulnerabilities. You won't be able to put this collection down.